Emerald
NUMBER 65
FRIDAY, JANUARY 30, 1942
GIRL WITH A LACE BORDER
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*t —Photo courtesy Cecil Snyder
^Dorothy Walthers has been chcsen Valentine Girl to rule over the
Dad’s day celebration, February 13, 14, and 15. Miss Walthers will
.take a definite part in welcoming incoming dads during the weekend.
She will be introduced at the Luncheon on Saturday at John Straub
Memorial hall.
Can We Act?
Ducks Say Yes
GleemenSing
In McArthur
Next Monday
Another in the long list of an
nual winter concerts by the Eu
gene Gleemen is slated for Mon
day night, February 2, in McAr
thur court, it was announced last
The Gleemen’s concert will be
substantially the same as the
program they presented January
22 at Silverton. The chorus is
composed of businessmen and lo
cal townspeople under the direc
tion of John Stark Evans, profes
sor of music at the University.
Several years ago they ap
peared by special request at the
San Francisco World’s fair, and
have received wide acclaim
among concert goers.
Nijfce University students- will
give featured performances with
, the Gleemen. The quartet for spe
cial. numbers includes Fred
'-Beardsley, Willis Johnson, Lau
rie Pratt, and Laurence Celsi.
Verne Sellin, violinist, will play
a concerto and certain obligato
arrangements. Baritone soloist in
the selection, “Bendemeer’s
Stream” will be Robert Johnson.
The University school of music
brass quartet composed of Bob
Carlson, Ben Bates, Phil Hunt,
and Vern Spaugh will be featured
in “Onward Ye People,” by Si
belius and in the finale number.
All students will be admitted
upon presentation of their educa
tional activities cards.
Igloo Assemblies
The Igloo assemblies will be
quite a bore,
Vfheir changing from Gerlinger
sure made me sore.
I’m put in the seats without
backs, never fail,
Arid I can’t hang my feet o’er
the balcony rail. —J.W.S.
The University of Oregon chap
ter of the National Collegiate
Players, drama society, will in
augurate an Experimental Play
house in about two weeks, aftei
several years of inactivity.
This playhouse will present tc
students, faculty, and friends o1
the University plays of experi
mental nature: Russian, earl>
American, old English melodram
as, or works of the Orson Wells
type. It will stage original mas
terpieces submitted by students
cr faculty members, and start a
“play parade” featuring scenes
from contemporary plays, for the
most part comedy and farce.
“Also, to any student or fac
ulty member who had, has, or
will have even the slightest desire
to trod the boards and yell a
few lines, pound nails, guild sets
or pull the light switch or the
curtain, the Experimental Thea
tre offers every opportunity tc
do so,” said Jerry Lakefish, pres
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Hal Qal Si SbaMy'i Pal. . .
Roses are Red; Four Girls are Blue
Miss Walthers Is It; Dads are Due
Chosen Thursday as the “Roses
Are Red" Girl for 1942 on the
Oregon campus was Dorothy
Walthers, freshman in arts and
letters, as the Dads' Day welcome
girl judges announced the\r se
lection for a Valentine Girl to
rule over the annual Webfoot
Dads’ festivities. Miss Walthers,
chosen from a field of five con
testants, will take a. definite part
in welcoming the incoming Dads
to the campus.
Starting Friday, February 13,
the Dads’ Day celebration will
continue through Sunday, Febru
ary 15. Highlights of the week
end will be the Oregon-Oregon
State basketball game and the
Oregon - Washington swimming
meet.
The Valentine Girl will be in
troduced during the luncheon at
John Straub Memorial hall Sat
urday. She will also be present at
the basketball game that night.
Judges for the contest were
Jack Lansing, Dads’ Day chair
man; Ken Christianson, Dads’
Day publicity chairman; and Cecil
Snyder, acting head of the Uni
versity news bureau.
Last year two Valentine Git’s
were chosen, Dorothy Havens and
Jean Hoover, the former being
chosen by the Oregonian and the
latter by Life magazine.
Beaux Arts
Dance Brings
Nightmares
Nightmares, sweet dreams, or
anything else art students can
dream up are likely to appear at
tonight’s Beaux Arts ball that is
scheduled to start at 9 o'clock
at the Anchorage, - according to
Glenn Westfall, chairman of the
dance.
Two prizes will be awarded by
the Co-op store and the art school
faculty for the best costumes.
What the prizes will be has not
yet been revealed.
Decorations
Decorations have been made
by Phil Gilmore, Fred Gong, and
Bert Nicoll and will be installed
at the Anchorage this afternoon.
Only couples wearing costumes
will be admitted to the dance, as
that is part of the tradition of
the affair. There is no definite
theme from which costumes are
to be picked leaving it to the art
students’ own imagination as to
the type of costume in which
they wish to appear.
Tickets
Tickets are on sale for 50 cents
a couple at the art school co-op
and can also be bought from
Glenn Westfall, Terry Cox, and
all other members of the dance
committee. Ali art students and
their friends are invited to at
tend.
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THEY LICK THE STAMPS
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—Photo by Don Jones
A plan to put over the sale of defense stamps on the campus is
being developed by the senior class at their annual ball. Stamps in
stead of tickets are admission to the dance, which is being financed
through the senior class treasury. Shown mulling over the plans for
the bah are Bill Rickman, Earl Holmer, Betty Shown, and Geraldine
Walker.
HENRY JR/S MAN
—Photo Courtesy Cecil Snyder
IJuss Hudson is working with
Lou Torgoson and Earl Maynard
in selling bonds at campus living
organizations this evening. Tilt'
drive is a part of the nation-wide
college sale of bonds proposed in
a plan designed by Phil Lowry
and Don Walker, law school stu
dents.
Fresh Glee
Petitions Due
First cali for petitions of per
sons interested in chairmanship
of the annual Fresh Glee was
f ounded last night by officers of
the freshman class. The Giee is
scheduled for April 25y
Persons interested must be
“willing to spend time,” “be inter
ested in activities,” and be able
to meet scholastic eligibility re
quirements, class officers said.
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Bond Pledges
Sought From
LivingGroups
Pledges to buy United States
defense bonds will be sought from
every living organization on the
campus tonight by Lou Torgeson,
Russ Hudson, or Earl Maynard
of the student defense committee.
Several living groups have al
ready been contacted, but those
which have not should be pre
pared for the committee’s repre
sentative when he calls today.
The bonds belong to series “F”
and are to be purchased out oi'
current income rather than sav
ings. Mr. Mervin Vater of the
Bresee-Warner system told the
committee at it's Tuesday meet
ing that funds to be invested
should be pared from non-essen
tial spending such as might oth
erwise be made on social func
tions.
Denominations as low as $1S.5J
with a maturity value of $25 may
be secured.
The University is serving as a
testing ground' for the bond sale
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Three o'Clock Meets
Members of the Emerald’s
famed Three o’CIock club will’
meet tonight at the University
press for a special initiation
ceremony. Several pledges will
be put through the sacred rit
ual and granted membership.
Members planning to attend
lire urged to sign the member
ship books ir the Emerald news
room.
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UO Disowns Japanese Flyers
Opinions tending- to discredit an International News
service dispatch in a Eugene paper Thursday which re
ported that Jap flyers shot down over Hawaii were wear
ing “University of Oregon rings,” were rife on the campus
yesterday.
The news dispatch quoted Senator Guy M. Gillette (D.
Ia.) as saying, “I have a translation of a story in a Pacific
coast newspaper which says that some dead Japanese
aviators wore either Honolulu high school or University
of Oregon rings.”
University students pointed out that University of Ore
gon rings are decidedly not common. Most students denied
having seen them at all, alothugh some said they had seen
them on alums, who were graduated several years ago.
Others pointed to the Japanese source of the information
as evidence of its questionable nature. Others reported
having read in newspapers several weeks ago that Jap
flyers were found wearing Oregon State rings.